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The events listed here provide a brief summary of the programming you can expect in the months ahead. We continue to add virtual and in-person programs, and details are subject to change. Watch your Member Insights email newsletter or visit mam.org/events for the latest. Virtual programs are all central time.

Exhibition Programs

An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain

Performance and Artist Talk: Patricia Nguyen on An-My Lê

Sat, Jan 29, 3 p.m. (Rescheduled from Dec 16)

This performance by artist-scholar Patricia Nguyen, PhD, is in conversation with the exhibition and explores ecologies of freedom.

Performance: Present Music Ablaze

Thurs, March 10, 7:30 p.m.

Experience the premiere of a new work by British composer Daniel Kidane in a program that explores themes of identity. Kidane draws on his Eritrean and Russian heritage and London upbringing, and this work features No-No Boy, the project of Vietnamese American artist Julian Saporiti that blends folk storytelling and archival imagery. Presented in partnership with the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Ticket purchase required.

An-My Lê in Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Thurs, March 24, 6 p.m.

Welcome MacArthur Fellows An-My Lê and author Viet Thanh Nguyen for a discussion about life, art, and their work. Free with registration.

On Site: Derrick Adams

Amazing Faiths Projects: Faith as the Artist’s Muse

Thurs, March 31, 5:30 p.m.

Come together with people of different faiths, spiritual paths, and philosophies for a conversation on art, faith, and gathering. Presented in partnership with Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee. Free with registration.

Youth and Family Programs

Visit each program page for details and at-home activities.

Stop at the ArtPack Station on-site to pick up gallery activities the whole family can enjoy.

Story Time in the Galleries: At Home

Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. Jan 1, Feb 5, March 5, April 2

mam.org/story-time

Play Date with Art: At Home

Ages 5 and under, with a caregiver Fridays, 10 a.m. mam.org/play-date

Jan 14: Clever Collage

Feb 11: Sweet Swirls

March 11: Stupendous Stamping

April 15: Splat! Painting

Family Guides, Play Date with Art, and Story Time in the Galleries are sponsored by Four-Four and an anonymous donor. Art Club: Online mam.org/learn/classes Ages 6–10: Thurs, Jan 20–27, Feb 3–24, 4:30–6 p.m. Ages 11–15: Wed, Jan 19–26, Feb 2–23, 4:30–6 p.m.

Art Club: Online

Ages 6–10: Thurs, Jan 20–27, Feb 3–24, 4:30–6 p.m. Ages 11–15: Wed, Jan 19–26, Feb 2–23, 4:30–6 p.m. mam.org/learn/classes

Join other art-interested kids for a weekly art break. Register at least 10 days before class begins; scholarships are available.

$225/$150 Member

Kohl’s Art Studio (Reopening!)

Fridays–Sundays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. mam.org/art-studio

Make art in the studio starting January 7. At-home activities will continue to be available online, with new creative art experiences added each month.

Kohl’s Haitian Gallery: Virtual Performances

Saturdays, 1 p.m. Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 mam.org/haitian-gallery

Celebrate Haitian art and culture with special music and dance performances.

Kohl’s Family Sundays: Over and Under

Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. mam.org/family-sundays

Explore weaving and abstract design with fiber art.

Art Studio, Haitian Gallery performances, and Family Sundays are supported by Supported by Kohl's

Visit mam.org/events for updates and details.

Also on View

American Memory: Commemoration, Nostalgia, and Revision

Chapter 3: Responses and Revisions The Godfrey American Art Wing, Level 2, Gallery K230 Through Jan 16, 2022 mam.org/american-memory

On Site: Derrick Adams

East End Ongoing mam.org/together